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January 19, 2026
After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator “on day one”. When it comes to press freedom, he has kept his word, extending the war on the press he launched while running for his first term with grave attacks on access to reliable information worldwide. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which monitors ... <a title="One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on track to join world’s worst press freedom predators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/one-year-into-trumps-second-term-repressive-us-president-on-track-to-join-worlds-worst-press-freedom-predators/" aria-label="Read more about One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on track to join world’s worst press freedom predators">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 19, 2026.
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January 19, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Talks on New Caledonia’s political future have been underway in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron launched a fresh roundtable on Friday, despite the absence of one of the French territory’s largest pro-independence group, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). During a first meeting ... <a title="Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/pro-france-mps-confront-macron-over-new-caledonia-at-future-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
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January 18, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its” image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning a “shameful” visa programme enabling soldiers to holiday in this country. Leeann Wahanui-Peters branded the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) “more accurately as the Israeli Offence Force (IOF) because it is ... <a title="Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/israel-accused-over-shameful-whitewashing-bid-to-sanitise-soldier-holidays-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
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January 17, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping restrictions on Pacific travel in just the first two weeks of 2026. Confirmed on Thursday, Fiji is among a list of 75 countries for which the US will suspend the ... <a title="Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/bonds-blockings-and-bans-a-massive-new-year-us-shakeup-for-pacific-travel/" aria-label="Read more about Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
Team Zeteo The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director of the human rights watchdog B’Tselem. Novak, one of the most uncompromising dissident voices within Israel, speaks frankly in this latest episode of Zeteo’s Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman in ... <a title="Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/israeli-society-has-become-completely-genocidal-says-btselem-head/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the term today to denote political framing which is simplistic, black-and-white, two-dimensional — a world of Angels (us) and Demons (them). This article recognises multiple perspectives, including those of an activist ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/eugene-doyle-iran-in-the-vortex-whats-really-going-on-and-the-invisible-hand-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
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January 16, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) has put in a late request to join talks on the territory’s future remotely. The meeting, convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, is calling all politicians from the French Pacific territory back to the negotiating table. ... <a title="FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New Caledonia remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/flnks-sends-in-late-request-to-join-paris-talks-on-new-caledonia-remotely/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New Caledonia remotely">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on innocent participants at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Fifteen were killed and around 40 seriously injured. There is no way this horrific event can be minimised. It ... <a title="Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/bondi-beachs-murderous-terrorism-aftermath-an-aotearoa-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective">Read more</a>
